Putting down his daughter, Chu Wuzheng glanced at Chu Jing's round and round belly.
"How's it going? Are you full?"
Chu Jing nodded vigorously. "Auntie's cooking is delicious."
"Go wash up and eat until your mouth is full." Chu Wuzheng patted her head.
Chu Jing entered the bathroom, leaving the two of them in the living room. Shen Shiyu had already stood up and was about to say goodbye, but Chu Wuzheng sat down directly opposite her.
"Is the school easy to find?"
"Well, I took a taxi." Shen Shiyu replied.
"You came back by taxi too?"
Shen Shiyu had no intention of chatting with him here, so he could only respond with a "hmm".
At this time, Chu Jing, who had just washed her face, ran out and lay down next to Chu Wuzheng's lap. "We came back in uncle's car."
Chu Wuzheng pondered. "Uncle?"
"Uncle is my aunt's friend, and he invited her to dinner." Chu Jing said loudly.
Chu Wuzheng raised his eyes and looked at Shen Shiyu. There was no expression on his face, but there was an indescribable gloom in his eyes. Shen Shiyu was confused and made his whole body tremble at the sight.
"Be good, go inside and do your homework. Grandma will pick you up later." Chu Wuzheng said to his daughter.
Chu Jing picked up her schoolbag and entered the room obediently.
After the door was closed, Chu Wuzheng withdrew his gaze, stood up and looked at the few meals left on the table in silence for a moment.
"Is there anything else? I haven't eaten either," he said out loud.
Shen Shiyu shook his head. "That's what I did."
"Then why don't you do more?" Chu Wudeng asked.
"You didn't tell me you were coming back to eat..."
Chu Wuzheng interrupted her directly. "I already told you that I would come back. You can think of it if you want to. Why do you have a brain? Are you thinking about going on a blind date?"
Shen Shiyu was so aroused by his aggressive tone that he wanted to look up to the sky and scream.
So she accepted his orders for nothing and did a lot of nanny work for him, but in the end she didn't even get a thank you and had to face the criticism he deserved?
Taking care of Chu Jing in the room, she could only lower her voice and talk to him.
"Chu Wuzheng, can you please be clearer? You clearly told me that you wanted me to cook for the child, and you didn't tell me that you were coming back for dinner. Why are you blaming me now?"
"Yes, you have a clear mind. You drank with others until midnight and fell asleep on the street. How clear are you?"
This sentence made Shen Shiyu blush with shame. She really wanted to go up and give him a kick. She couldn't help but cursed "Crazy!".
Seeing Shen Shiyu leave angrily, Chu Wuzheng let out a heavy breath and almost stuck out the chopsticks in his hand.
But then I still used it to pick up the vegetables, and in a few bites I ate all the food left on the table. Every bite I took seemed to go down sideways, and finally it was all stuck in my chest.
When Shen Shiyu walked to the gate of the community, he found that Zhang Jie was still there.
"I've waited until dark, how can I have dinner with you?"
He smiled honestly, and Shen Shiyu couldn't find an excuse no matter how much he wanted to refuse.
The two of them randomly chose a restaurant on the street. Zhang Jie said he wanted to treat him and he also took good care of Shen Shiyu's taste.
During this meal, the two of them didn't drink. The conversation was about more practical issues, including income and some views on love and marriage.
Compared with last time, this time it was like a real blind date.
"Shigure, can I call you that?"
"Okay." Shen Shiyu smiled generously.
Zhang Jie also smiled. "Actually, I have always thought your name is very nice."
"It was caused by my parents," Shen Shiyu explained. "Because it was spring when they adopted me, and it happened to be raining that hadn't rained for a long time. My father thought of it, 'A good rain knows the season.' .”
Regarding being adopted, Shen Shiyu also mentioned it to Zhang Jie during their first meal.
"After my adoptive parents passed away, my brother and I were left behind. My brother is also in Beishi City. He doesn't have a serious job and his personality is not easy to get along with, so my family may be more difficult for people to accept." Speaking of this, Shen Shiyu is very candid.
Zhang Jie nodded with kindness. "Two people together are indeed the fusion of two families, so I am very willing to tolerate your family."
Shen Shiyu paused slightly.
Seeing that she was silent, Zhang Jie seized the opportunity to express his feelings.
"Shigure, I like you very much. I believe you also have a crush on me. I want to give it a try with you."
The more he spoke, the more sincere he became.
"You who study psychology will always see things too clearly and think too much, but as long as you give us a chance, you will find that maybe things are not as complicated as you think."
"But things are not as simple as you think." Shen Shiyu smiled bitterly. "What if there is someone else in my heart?"
Zhang Jie was stunned.
"I have pretended to be a man in my heart for almost ten years. I was with him before, but then we separated, and I have never forgotten him." Shen Shiyu's tone was calm, but his words were sincere. "I don't want to lie. You, the reason why I agreed to the blind date is because it is no longer possible for him and me, so I want to find someone to live with, so we are not suitable."
"Why? Because I don't just want to get married?" Zhang Jie asked.
"No." Shen Shiyu shook his head gently. "I don't want to use your sincerity as a bargaining chip to test my sincerity. It's not fair."
Zhang Jie called the waiter and turned down the heat. Otherwise, looking at her through the heat coming from the hot pot, she would always feel confused.
He was silent for a long time before speaking.
"I'm very grateful that you can be honest with me like this, so I also want you to be honest. Even after hearing what you said just now, I don't really want to give up on you."
"Actually, some of my previous relationships were very unforgettable. For example, in my first love, she dumped me and got together with my good friend. I couldn't forget her for a long, long time. Later, I figured it out on my own."
"The process of figuring it out on my own was very painful. Looking back now, if I could have had someone by my side at that time, I would have been relieved faster."
Zhang Jie stretched out his arm and grabbed her hand on the table. "Shigure, so I want you to think about it and let me be the one who accompanies you. I want to accompany you out of the pain, just like help." My original self.”
His words were very touching. Shen Shiyu had been alone for too long, so it would be a lie to say that he was not touched.
But she didn't agree to Zhang Jie.
No matter how much she deceives herself, she can't deny that for her, the current love is the "antidote" in Lan Youyin's words. She doesn't want to take advantage of Zhang Jie's sincerity.
She had already acted selfishly once in her relationship, and the punishment she received hurt her so much that she never dared to do it again.
Zhang Jie did not give up. He took her home and stopped at the gate of the community. He held her hand again.
"At least give me a chance to pursue you." He said.
Watching his car getting further and further away on the road, Shen Shiyu had mixed feelings in his heart.
In the next few days, Zhang Jie made Shen Shiyu understand what it means to be kind and kind.
He would wait for her on her way home from work almost every time, and would always prepare a cup of warming ginger tea for her in the car. If she was in the mood, he would take her to eat and go shopping. If she was tired, he would definitely He sent her home without saying a word.
Zhang Jie was never in a hurry to confirm anything with her. He just shared some daily routines with her every day and made a phone call. His pursuit was not very fierce, a bit like a steady flow of water.